Deadly train-parade float crash in Midland, Texas probed
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DALLAS (AP) _ Federal officials are joining investigators in West Texas to look into why a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans, killing four people and injuring 17 others.
Witnesses described a harrowing scene Thursday afternoon as the Union Pacific locomotive beard down on the decorated flatbed truck as it tried to clear the rail crossing on its way to an honorary banquet.
The train was sounding its horn and people on the flatbed truck _ mostly wounded veterans and their spouses _ were scrambling to jump off before the collision in Midland, according to witnesses and Union Pacific spokesman Tom Lange.
A preliminary investigation indicates the crossing gate and lights were working, Lange said, though he didn't know if the train crew saw the float approaching.
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Waurika, Okla._A Jefferson County man already facing charges of child sexual abuse is back behind bars again after investigators said another young victim came forward. Waurika police arrested David Grubbs
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EDMOND, Okla. (AP) _ A tornado kicked up debris in an Oklahoma City suburb and threatened a number of tourist attractions on historic Route 66 before growing into a larger storm that rolled across rural
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EDMOND, Okla. (AP) _ Violent storms pounding across the Plains and upper Midwest this evening have forced the closure of Interstate 40 southeast of Oklahoma City because of overturned tractor-trailers.
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Lawton, Okla._Two residents here in Lawton along with firefighters got their dose of heat after a home suddenly caught fire. It happened just before 6:00 p.m. Sunday evening on NW Liberty and 34th St. While
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Lawton, OKLa._As temperatures continue to rise, so does the risk of heat stroke. Duncan firefighters said they're ready to help their residents beat the heat. They said they go on dozens of calls related
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